Ace-Garageguy

Weather forecast for the coming weekend looks like it'll be perfect for a long hike in the woods Saturday or most likely, Sunday.

"Situation reports" are referred to as sitreps by really important folks who like to sound military and whose time is too incredibly valuable to waste saying whole words.

They still make 'em, though they're not as ubiquitous as they used to be. EDIT: Members who suggested dollar stores for these, or other handles from Walmart, etc. have good ideas, but when you can buy high-quality transparent red acrylic plastic sheet- and rod-stock in small quantities, why anyone would still want to mess with consumer-goods handles of some unknown material eludes me.

You definitely have a point, sir.

Presentations of the marketing and product-development variety are what I built full-scale, sometimes fully-functional models for, during several years of my professional life.

Midnight Rider is a song I always kinda liked, though I really didn't have much use for the performers.

Clause copy-and-paste from dictionary definitions seems to be becoming a theme here.

"Back when I was young, such-and-such was better..." is a refrain common to many old geezers.

"Dentist" strikes fear into the hearts of many a brave man.

I always thought it would be kinda cool to work a recognizable Chevy truck nose back into the design, and cut the bubble top down into a wrap-around windshield/side window setup.

Brushing one's hair at an advanced age can be a risky endeavor, leaving most of one's hair on the brush.

"Tipe" either is a word or isn't a word, depending on which internet source you prefer to consult.

There are those of us who've never had a problem with the stuff...so far.

"Dollars to donuts", as in "I'll bet you dollars to donuts" made more sense in a world where a donut cost 25 cents.

I'd never seen one before, so I had to go through all the rigamarole.

Say what?

Standard #1895 instrument panel bulb '71-'77 Corvette

Then where do you figure the "choose size" in the listing comes in? Pretty obvious that would refer to a photographic print...at least the way my brain works.

"SEEN ON TV !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed hysterically somehow never made me want to drop what I was doing and rush out to buy something.

I actually appreciate you bringing this issue up. I have two long-term builds I have a lot of effort in that will need white primer prior to paint. I have some higher-end Japanese stuff that works beautifully for not obscuring detail, but the two builds I need to be white soon both have heavy custom bodywork where all the fine detail is already gone. Having had excellent results with the Duplicolor white under the same colors I'll be using on a similarly heavily-bodyworked build, I figgered I'd just use the old Duplicolor stuff I have on the shelf. Thanks to your unfortunate experience, I'll test it very thoroughly prior to squirting it on something I have no intention of having to strip.

"Fact or feeling, that is the question; whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of embracing causality, or to take arms against a sea of empirical evidence..."

Not gonna touch that with a ten foot pole.

To me, it looked like a child's drawing of a VW Microbus nose. The headlight rings and mirrors looked suspiciously VW too. And it definitely has the "developing nation" vibe. There's no shortage of those in this hemisphere, and Mexico used to make Bugs. I also noticed the leaf-sprung solid-beam rear suspension and figured from that it couldn't possibly be anything VW, but just on a whim, I image-searched "Mexican VW truck" or something similar, and it popped right up.

Which reminds me...March 15 is Las Vegas Showgirl Museum Day. Never forget it. EDIT: Oops. Missed it. My old paper calendar didn't give me a voice reminder.

I think I'm going to have Cheetos and cherry pie tonight....if I can get them delivered.